History of Space Travel

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Phase 2 of getting to the Moon. Orbited teams of 2 astronauts

• Project Gemini

• Project Moon

• Project Apollo

• Project Mercury

Which event changed the space race in favor of the USA over Russia?

• Apollo 13's failure

• Vostok 1 carrying 1st man in outer space

• Apollo 11 landing on the moon

• Vostok 6 carrying 1st woman in outer space

On July 20, 1969, this famous event happened.

• Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the lunar surface and he said the famous words, "That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind.”

• Project Apollo placed 12 humans on the moon at once.

• NASA decided to stop trying to land on the moon.

• NASA landed their first space craft on Mars.

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series of missions designed to send people to the moon and back

• Apollo

• Mercury

• Gemini

• Artemis

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The space shuttle was different from previous U.S. rockets in that it was:

• made of aluminum

• made of pieces that came apart

• reusable

• only good for 1 flight

Which spacecraft was the first to successfully land on the moon?

• Luna 2

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

• Vostok 1

Who was the first human to travel into space?

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

What was the primary goal of NASA's Mercury program?

• To land a man on the moon

• To send a man into orbit around Earth

• To explore Mars

• To develop reusable spacecraft

Which country launched the first artificial satellite into space?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• China

• France